Recommended Reductions to Fiscal Year 1983 Ammunition Procurement and Modernization Programs

Gao ID: PLRD-82-92 August 10, 1982

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the military services' requests for funds to purchase conventional ammunition and to modernize ammunition production facilities.

GAO primarily reviewed the justifications for items involving large dollar amounts, those being bought for the first time, and those with production or performance problems. Most of the items reviewed were adequately justified; however, GAO concluded that the request for ammunition should be reduced by $625.1 million, or about 16 percent. These reductions were mostly for newer munitions still in the developmental stage, such as laser-guided projectiles, antiarmor cluster munitions, and area denial artillery munitions. GAO stated that sizable backlogs have accumulated for some of these items because of production and performance problems.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

Director: John Landicho Team: General Accounting Office: Procurement, Logistics, and Readiness Division Phone: (202) 275-4361


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